March 11, 2010

So I went to the MAC store today...

... and this is what $60 worth of eyeshadow looks like (applied & blended by me... yay!). I was going for this look:

Anyways, my birthday eyes are going to be FAB. U. LOUS.

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March 9, 2010

Power up: NYC's winning condom wrapper design

First the Olympic athletes run out of condoms. Then DC reveals it's gonna start making female condoms more readily available. Now, NYC unveils its new condom wrapper design: a power up symbol.

It's supposed to symbolize New Yorkers' "power to take control and practice safer sex," NYC Health Department says.
(nyc.gov via npr.org)


How... suggestive. Hotdog down a hallway game proper.

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And... we're off!

The birthday week is off to a good start.

1. Sparkly things (he's the best biggrin)


2. Da moviez (see the previous post)

3. Coldstone Creamery (The ice cream cupcakes? AMAZING. And they come in little chocolate cups... mmmm)

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HATED IT


3D animation overload: check. Difficult to decipher accents: check. Completely different story from the original: check. Well, it looks like Tim Burton has all the ingredients to make his interpretation of "Alice in Wonderland" an epic fail. A shame, because I usually enjoy his films.

4-word review: Read the book instead.

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March 5, 2010

Hair Update: 9 1/2 months

I'm almost at the 10-month mark with my hair, and there's so much I'm looking forward to doing with it. However, some minor issues still arise every now and then...

The budding! OMG it's insane. Some locs are sprouting buds in multiple places. I know it's part of the whole loc-ing process, but I wish they would hurry up and straighten out.

The frizz! Of course, I'm still fighting embracing it. But, like the extreme budding, I'm hoping that'll straighten itself out eventually.

It's not all budding and frizz though. Now that my hair's begun to look and feel more like actual dreads, I have some favorite locs. Like this one...

And this one...

And these. Such personality my hair has smile

I'm also contemplating hair colors. I know it's a little... bright... but I'm digging this lady's dye job:

I would only dye the ends of my locs this color, or maybe two or three in the back (gotta keep myself employable y'all wink).

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Video: Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi - Tightrope


Hooray for doing something different cool

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March 4, 2010

Speaking of heart pins... what's your definition of love?

[via Va$htie]

Well said, lady.

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Have a heart (pin)

Since I got such a roaring response from my Lego heart pin posts, I've decided to start making them for my lovely readers. You can now purchase a custom-made Lego heart pin by clicking on the link located in the sidebar. They're selling fast for $18 + shipping, so get yours now!

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March 2, 2010

STFU: Kittie Troy from "Let's Talk About Pep"


This ho... this ho right here? OF COURSE she's from DC, smh (yet why does she talk with an affected NY accent?). I knew her special brand of annoying had to have some sort of background, and it looks like she's been perfecting her craft for years. Those of you who listen to the radio around here might remember her screeching on Big Tigger's old radio show, "Live in the Den." Doesn't ring a bell? Then maybe you'll remember her voicing the original 3D hoodrat, Cita, on BET (how fitting). Now she's The Slutty One on VH1's "Let's Talk About Pep." LOL.

Progress, people, progress.

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March 1, 2010

College-educated rappers (no, it's not an oxymoron)

This is the look of a college-educated mofo.

Kanye West ain't the only college dropout in hip hop. Here are some of his fellow college-edumacated rappers, some of whom I was really REALLY surprised to find out went to university ::cough cough... PLIES... FLAVA FLAV... cough cough::

Cam'ron - Navarro Junior College in TX

Common - Florida A&M University (Business)

David Banner - Southern University (Business); Univ. of MD to pursue a Master's in education

Flava Flav - Adelphi University (Radio Communications/Business)

Ice Cube - University of Phoenix (Architectural Drafting)

Lil Jon - Tougaloo College

Lil Wayne - University of Houston (Sports Management)

Ludacris - Georgia State University (Music Management)

Paul Wall - University of Houston (Mass Communications)

Plies - University of South Florida (Nursing)

Rich Boy - Tuskegee University (Mechanical Engineering)

Rick Ross - Albany State University

Sean Paul - University of Technology in Jamaica

Talib Kweli - NYU (Experimental Theater)

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February 25, 2010

Hoodrat Stuff: Latarian Milton

Web Redemption - Hood Rat Kid

Good ol' Latarian (aka Laterrible). This here's a guy after my own heart: after stealing and crashing his grandma's car at the ripe age of seven--because, in his words, he wanted to do "hoodrat stuff"--he beat her up in Walmart a few months later for refusing to buy him some chicken wings. Now, of course, he's internet famous. Gangstas first!

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